Garment



S. F. STEIN Feb. "122,41935.

GARMENT Filed Feb. 26, 1932 www ramas ses. 12, reas 'Y 1,990,572

i s 'rarss ."AsEl'rfvorFicE" 1,990,572z GARMENT' samuel F. stein, Williamsport', 11a. Application February 2e, 1932, serial No. 595,414

- 1 claim. (o1. z -236) My invention relates toa new and useful imother attaching means. The buttons-are attached provernent in theart of making Ygarments and tothecurtainl directlyVA on this line -bysewing or more'particularly it has to :do with the waistotherwise and any strain or pull on the buttonsV `band construction ci .trousers or knickerbockers 12,` or buttons-13,wi1l not cause thebuttons to y 5 having a waistband lining known as a waistband `spreadaparh'as the case would be in the ordinary 0";5 curtain and it concerns the attaching of'buttons constructiongfor-the reason that the cord or tape to such a curtain. .By my invention a finished 16,' is `suiliciently strong to hold thebuttons in product is'secured that is entirely satisfactory as place and also to prevent the stiiening material -faras the attaching of suspender buttons to the from tearing'at Yany point between the buttons.

l0 trouser :curtain is concerned,and a Saving in Aside Vfrom the advantage derived flOm my C011- -10 manufacturing @sus effected, struction that the cord or-tape 16, hinders the v vrMy invention consists in Ywlnatever is described buttons from spreading away from one another it by or is included in the terms or scope ofthe aphas the advantage 21150` that vthe -pllllr Strain pended claim. 1 `on one of thef front buttons 12, or on one of the vIn the drawing: Y y j. back buttons 13, will be counteracted by the l5 Fig. 1 is a side view showing the waist portion strain or pull on the other button of the front of trousers, turned inside out, ,the waistband curbuttons 12, or on the other button of the Vback tain of which is constructed in accordance with Ybuttons 13.

my invention. v The line of cord, or tape 16, when attached to 2O Fig. 2 is a section in lineV 2-2 of Fig. 1. curtain 11, either by stitching or otherwise, forms 20 Referring to Fig. 1 ofthe drawing, 10, illusa straight line visible on the face of the curtain trates the upper `portion. of' a pair of trousers 1,1, which enables the button attaching operator turned inside out; 11, represents the trouser curto attach the buttons to the curtain directly on tain which extends around thewaist of the trousthe line, which is very essential in the practice of ers; `12, represents the front suspender buttons; my invention, and because the cord or tape line 2 13, the backsuspender buttons 14, the front susis rendered visible a comparatively narrow cord pender straps, and 15, the back suspender straps. or tape may be utilized for this purpose. This This View shows as much of the waistband curtapeline has another advantage in forming a tain as' goes around half way the waist of the guide for uniformly spacing all buttons a certain trousers, the construction of the other half of" distance from the top. 30 the curtain of the trousers is the same as the The cord or tape 16, maybe applied to the cur-r part illustrated. Y tain by placing it on one side of the stiifening ma- In the ordinary construction of a trouser curterial and stitching through the tape, stiiening tain, stiflening material and lining cloth are used and lining, it may be either the inside or` outside tornake up the body of the curtain and buttons of the stiffening material. Whenv the cord or tape 35 are attached to the curtain by stitches which pass 16, is attached to the inside of the stiffening, which through the curtain body. There are front and is between the lining and stiffening, the cord or back suspender buttons, and when the front tape may be securely held in Vplace by meansv of suspender straps pull on the front suspender butpasting, as the lining and stiffening often get tons and the back suspender straps pull on Vthe pasted together to make up the body of the cur- 45 back suspender buttons there is a tendency for tain, and the cord or tape 16 could conveniently the stiffening material to tear at a point inter-` be fed to be included in this operation. When mediate the front and back suspender buttons. the curtain ismade of a single piece of material Inasmuch as the lining cloth is comparatively Vand when it is composed of only one thickness,

thin and the stiiening material comprises a the cord or tape 16 may be applied as well with all 45 starched body, the latter is apt' to force itself the advantages derived from my construction. through the lining cloth ofthe curtain while the 1n the practice of my invention it is feasible buttons are stillattached to the stiffened matethat the buttons be attached to the curtains berial and the latterbeing torn intermediate the vfore the Curtains are sev/edito the trousers, in

frcntand back buttons, with the result that the which case thehandling of the work is greatly 50 butGDS lOeCOme 1005 and pulled away from the facilitated and the cost of attaching the buttons curtain of the trousers. will thus be reduced considerably, as the operator My invention provides a line of cord or tape 16, need not handle the whole garment for the butv (shown in dotted lines) which is attachd tothe ton attaching operation, besides saving consid- 55 curtain longitudinally by means of stitching or erable space at the button attaching machine. 55

When the cord or tape 16, extends longitudinally along the curtain it forms a raised line which will facilitate the hand Ysewing of buttons after the curtain has already been attached to the trousers, as it is found diiiicult to sew buttons on to the curtain with a blind stitch, or a stitch invisible on the outside o1Y the trousers, Vwhen the curtain is absolutely flat and has no raised line. This cord or tape line 16 may also beV used to advantage when it is'desired to sew buttons on to the curtain by machine after the curtain has been attached to the trousers. 'I'his line being present in the curtain facilitates the folding of the curtain at that place, and when it is so folded, the folded edge may be put under a button held by a clamp of a button sewing machine, in such a way that the folded edge does not extend farther than two holes of the four-hole button, and 'by operating a button sewing machine with the stitching to and from the operator, the button may be sewed on to/:the curtain with .Stitches `which are invisible on the outer side of trousers. `After the button is sewed o n to the curtain in manner, the curtain is smoothened out and the butr,lies smoothly 0n the line `of the cord or tape.

As shown in drawing. ,stitches l, may be placed Over the cord or tape, i6, through the curtain 11, and trousers cloth, 10. By suitable guides the cord or tape .16, may be fed automaticallyand be attached to thecurtain when the curtain is made .in Continuous rolls. Y

'The Cord or tape 16,1.na'y .be of .any desired flex- .ible v:material Suitable for the purpose.

It will now be .apparent :that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage described herein and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, a waistband curtain for trousers comprising a strip of facing "material and a strip of stiffening material secured together in juxtaposed relation, said waistband curtain being subject to tear when the trousers vare supported on the wearer by means of buttons and Suspenders and when Vthe suspender straps 'pull on said buttons, said waistband curtain having a strip comprising sufficient strength to hold the buttons that are attached thereto and being substantially narrower than the widthof said buttons, said strip extending longitudinally along said waistband curtain in parallel relation to the longitudinal edge of the latter and spaced therefrom ,and secured thereto substantially below the top edge thereof, thus serving as a guide for attaching said buttons to said waistband curtain at points properly placed in relation with the top edge `of the trousers, and providing a degree of resistance at the place of attachment to prevent the separation of said buttons from said waistband .curtain and the tearing of the curtain material between the several buttons. Y

SAMUEL F. STEIN. 

